During last summer’s devastating European heatwave, which saw the continent subjected to record-breaking temperatures, France came off particularly badly, with an unprecedented number of wildfires destroying some 62,000 hectares of land in l’Hexagone.…
Documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus has built up a formidable CV in the twenty plus years since her directorial debut, The Farm: Angola, USA, was nominated for an Oscar. Some of Garbus’…
Todd Haynes’ ominously titled Dark Waters was released just a few short months before the world went into lockdown on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. With its focus on the drastic effects…
Dan Raven-Ellison goes to extraordinary lengths to help us appreciate how good our environment actually is now – and how it could be radically better. What’s striking about Dan Raven-Ellison is his…
A collection of the best quotes by the UK’s guerilla geographer Dan Raven-Ellison. Dan Raven-Ellison loves every bit of the environment – even the urban parts. He’s constantly inventing new ways to…
‘I Am Greta’ is a new documentary about Greta Thunberg. It follows her story from her first solitary strike outside the Swedish parliament, invitations to speak at major centres of power in…
Jan Gehl is arguably one of the most influential thinkers in the world when it comes to city design – and specifically how people use the public spaces of cities. He originally…
Jan Gehl’s ideas have influenced many cities of the world in how they think about their streets and public spaces. In fact, he’s studied and worked with over 70 cities in his…
